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Cf. F.W. Hudig, Delfter Fayence (Berlin 1929), p.75 ill.63 for a comparable altar vase.
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1660-1680, POSSIBLY HAARLEM
Details
An early Dutch Delft two-handled pedestal altar vase
1660-1680, possibly Haarlem
The white ground ovoid body painted in blue, yellow and enhanced in maganese red with a frontal triple flowerspray issuing from an outcrop, the handles modelled as griffins, with flaring neck and coiled border
24cm. high
See illustration
1660-1680, possibly Haarlem
The white ground ovoid body painted in blue, yellow and enhanced in maganese red with a frontal triple flowerspray issuing from an outcrop, the handles modelled as griffins, with flaring neck and coiled border
24cm. high
See illustration
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